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Abiiyaah, Boqorkii Yahuudah

13 Haddaba sannaddii siddeed iyo tobnaad ee Boqor Yaaraabcaam ayaa Abiiyaah boqor ka noqday dalka Yahuudah. Oo saddex sannadood ayuu boqor ku ahaa Yeruusaalem, oo hooyadiis magaceedana waxaa la odhan jiray Miikaayaah ina Uurii'eel oo reer Gibecaah ah. Oo Abiiyaah iyo Yaaraabcaamna dagaal baa ka dhexayn jiray. Oo Abiiyaah dagaal buu u baxay isagoo wata ciidan dagaalyahan ah oo xoog badan, oo waxayna ahaayeen afar boqol oo kun oo ah rag la xushay; oo Yaaraabcaamna wuxuu dagaal isaga ka gees ah u diyaariyey siddeed boqol oo kun oo nin oo ah rag la xushay oo dhammaantoodna rag xoog badan ah. Markaasaa Abiiyaah wuxuu kor fuulay Buur Semaarayim oo ku taal dalka buuraha leh oo reer Efrayim, oo wuxuu yidhi, Yaaraabcaam iyo dadkii Israa'iil dhammaantiin i maqla. War, miyeydnaan ogayn in Rabbiga Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ahu Daa'uud weligiis siiyey boqortooyada reer binu Israa'iil u talisa oo wuxuu isaga iyo wiilashiisana ku siiyey axdi cusbo leh? Laakiin Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad oo ahaa addoonkii Sulaymaan ina Daa'uud ayaa kacay oo ka fallaagoobay sayidkiisii. Oo waxaa isagii u soo shiray rag xunxun oo waxmatarayaal ah, wayna xoogaysteen iyagoo ka gees ah Rexabcaam oo ahaa ina Sulaymaan, oo taasuna waxay ahayd intii Rexabcaam uu dhallintayaraa oo uu qalbigiisu nuglaa, oo uusan iyaga hor joogsan karin. Oo hadda idinku waxaad ku fikiraysaan inaad boqortooyada Rabbiga ka hor joogsataan gacanta ilma Daa'uud, oo weliba idinku waxaad tihiin dad faro badan, oo waxaadna wadataan weylihii dahabka ahaa oo Yaaraabcaam idiinku sameeyey Ilaah ahaan. Oo weliba idinku sow ma aydaan eryin wadaaddadii Rabbiga oo ilma Haaruun ahaa iyo kuwii reer Laawiba? Oo wadaaddo sow uma aydaan samaysan sidii ay ahaan jirtay caadadii dadyowga dalalka kale deggan? Oo sidaas daraaddeed ku alla kii u yimaadaa inuu quduus iska dhigo isagoo wata dibi yar iyo toddoba wan, kaasu wuxuu wadaad u noqon karaa waxyaalo aan ilaahyo ahayn. 10 Laakiinse Rabbigu waa Ilaahayaga, oo kama aannu tegin, oo waxaannu haysannaa wadaaddo Rabbiga u adeega, kuwaasoo ah ilma Haaruun, iyo kuwii reer Laawi oo shuqulkoodii ku jira. 11 Oo iyagu subax kasta iyo fiid kasta waxay Rabbiga u gubaan qurbaan la gubo iyo foox udgoon, oo kibistii tusniintana waxay ku hagaajiyaan miiska daahirka ah korkiisa, oo laambadda dahabka ah iyo laambadaheedii waxay shidaan fiid kasta, waayo, annagu waan xajinnaa amarkii Rabbiga Ilaahaya ah, laakiinse idinku waad ka tagteen. 12 Oo bal eega waxaa nala jira Ilaah isagoo madax noo ah, iyo wadaaddadiisii oo wata turumbooyinkii lagu dhawaajiya, oo waxay idinku afuufi doonaan dhawaaq, haddaba dadka Israa'iilow, ha la diririna Rabbiga ah Ilaaha awowayaashiin, waayo, liibaani maysaan. 13 Laakiinse Yaaraabcaam wuxuu iyaga gadaal ka dhigay ciidan gaadmo ah, haddaba iyagu waxay hor joogeen dadkii Yahuudah oo ciidankii gaadmada ahaana wuxuu joogay gadaashooda. 14 Oo dadkii Yahuudah markay gadaashooda eegeen waxay arkeen in hore iyo gadaalba laga soo weeraray, markaasay Rabbiga u qayshadeen, oo wadaaddadiina waxay ka dhawaajiyeen turumbooyinkii. 15 Markaasay dadkii Yahuudah qayliyeen oo markay dadkii Yahuudah qayliyeen ayaa Rabbigu wax ku dhuftay Yaaraabcaam iyo dadkii Israa'iil oo dhan Abiiyaah iyo dadkii Yahuudah hortooda. 16 Markaasaa dadkii Israa'iil ka carareen dadkii Yahuudah hortooda, oo Rabbiguna wuxuu ku riday gacantoodii. 17 Oo Abiiyaah iyo dadkiisiina aad bay u laayeen, oo waxaa dadkii Israa'iil ka le'day shan boqol oo kun oo ah rag la xushay. 18 Haddaba dadkii Israa'iil sidaasaa wakhtigaas loo jebiyey oo waxaa ka adkaaday dadkii Yahuudah, maxaa yeelay, iyagu waxay isku halleeyeen Rabbiga ah Ilaaha awowayaashood. 19 Oo Abiiyaah baa eryaday Yaaraabcaam oo wuxuu ka qabsaday magaalooyin badan kuwaasoo ahaa Beytel iyo tuulooyinkeedii, iyo Yeshaanaah iyo tuulooyinkeedii, iyo Cefroon iyo tuulooyinkeedii. 20 Oo Yaaraabcaamna xoog dambe ma uu helin wakhtigii Abiiyaah noolaa, oo Rabbiga ayaa wax ku riday, wuuna dhintay. 21 Laakiinse Abiiyaah wuu sii xoogaystay, oo wuxuu guursaday afar iyo toban naagood, oo wuxuuna dhalay laba iyo labaatan wiil iyo lix iyo toban gabdhood. 22 Haddaba Abiiyaah falimihiisii kale, iyo socodkiisii, iyo hadalladiisiiba waxay ku qoran yihiin kitaabkii Nebi Iddo.

Abijah King of Judah(A)

13 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,[a](B) a daughter[b] of Uriel of Gibeah.

There was war between Abijah(C) and Jeroboam.(D) Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.

Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim,(E) in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel,(F) listen to me! Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever(G) by a covenant of salt?(H) Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled(I) against his master. Some worthless scoundrels(J) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(K) and not strong enough to resist them.

“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants.(L) You are indeed a vast army and have with you(M) the golden calves(N) that Jeroboam made to be your gods. But didn’t you drive out the priests(O) of the Lord,(P) the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull(Q) and seven rams(R) may become a priest of what are not gods.(S)

10 “As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. 11 Every morning and evening(T) they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense(U) to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table(V) and light the lamps(W) on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him. 12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you.(X) People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord,(Y) the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”(Z)

13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush(AA) was behind them. 14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out(AB) to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets 15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel(AC) before Abijah and Judah. 16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered(AD) them into their hands. 17 Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. 18 The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied(AE) on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.

21 But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:2 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and 1 Kings 15:2); Hebrew Micaiah
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:2 Or granddaughter